prüfungsschwerpunkt-enenq1societynotiz

geographical setting:

  • religion and how religious people are
  • avg. wealth (is the region rather wealthy or poor)
  • regional diversity
  • conflict, catastrophy, war
  • region, country and it’s history
  • rural or urban region
  • climate

genetic & heriditary factors:

  • genetic / inherited / inheritable illnesses
  • talents
  • aptitudes (congenital skills)

congenital (adj.):
2) exists as part of a person’s character and not likely to change

  • appearance
  • basic character
  • sex / gender

social setting:

  • personalities of friends / friend groups and of the people you meet
  • relative wealth (of parents), “class”
  • relation to parents / guardians
  • relation to other family
  • siblings / relation to siblings
  • teachers, role models (education)
  • spoken language(s)
  • nationality
  • media
  • culture

Nature vs. nurture

the debate of if the genetical factors “nature” or
social factors / the social setting “nurture”
influence one’s personality more

ongoing question for a long time